A coalition is working to build momentum for state legislation in 2015 that organizers hope would lead to lower property insurance rates on the Coast. The Sun Herald reports two policyholders, one from Long Beach and one from Pass Christian, …
Police say thieves have been taking batteries and other items from boats docked along a northern Indiana river near South Bend. St. Joseph County police have received more than a dozen theft reports over the past couple weeks from boat …
Michigan’s rate of job-related deaths has decreased in recent years even as more people enter the workforce following the economic recession. The Detroit News reports federal data show Michigan’s rate of workplace fatalities declined from 3.6 per 100,000 workers in …
A Cass County judge has awarded $6.3 million to a couple whose milk cows were injured or killed by stray voltage on their dairy farm from a Brainerd, Minn., utility company. KTTC-TV reports the judge awarded the damages to Randy …
Authorities say a fire at a San Jose, Calif., dealership destroyed as many as 70 motorcycles. Fire officials received calls about the blaze at GP Sports Watercraft & Cycle store a little after 5 p.m. Sunday. San Jose Fire Capt. …
South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people, and life sentences to three key crew members, a court official said. Prosecutors also requested that …
There is a wide divergence of authority regarding the enforceability of family member step -down clauses in automobile liability policies. Automobile liability step down clauses reduce coverage for bodily injury to family members from the stated policy coverage reflected on …
The state of Michigan has broken ground on a new $22 million emergency operations center in the Lansing area. Officials expect the building to open in November 2015 and say it will be “hardened” to withstand natural disasters so response …
The City of Philadelphia expects to take in $3.5 million in fines this year from red light cameras. Philadelphia has used the cameras since 2005 and was the first city in Pennsylvania to try them. State lawmakers have since authorized …
The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are facing their biggest crisis in a decade as container ships idle offshore because cargo can’t be moved off the California docks fast enough. The bottleneck blamed on a surge of …